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He rides tonight
“A figure on horseback, without a head. Hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.”
Sleepy Hollow, 1790 · On Roblox
The Sleepy Hollow ExperienceReach the covered bridge and you are safe.
By day, cover the bridge: planks from the sawpit, a bay at a time, before nightfall. At nightfall the bell rings and the Headless Horseman rides, whether you play alone or with friends.
Watch the filmsComing to Roblox
Free to play. Nothing to buy right now. · Maturity: Mild · Violence (Repeated/Mild)
Before nightfallthe bridge, built
The game
What is The Sleepy Hollow Experience?
The Sleepy Hollow Experience is a free-to-play Roblox game set in the village of Sleepy Hollow in 1790. By day you cover the bridge with planks; at nightfall the bell rings and the Headless Horseman rides. Reach the covered bridge and you are safe. Play alone or with friends, or ride as the Horseman yourself.
Sleepy Hollow, 1790. By day, cover the bridge: planks from the sawpit, a bay at a time, before nightfall. At nightfall the bell rings and the Headless Horseman rides, whether you play alone or with friends. Reach the covered bridge and you are safe. Leave it open and nowhere is. Pumpkins by the lanterns rear his horse, a friend can help you up, and old Gunpowder waits at the inn. Put on his costume at the statue and ride as the Horseman yourself. Every night you survive is kept on your name.
3D models by Sketchfab artists, CC BY 4.0, modified for this game. Every maker is named in the credits.
How a night works
Build by day. Run at nightfall.
By day
Cover the bridge
Planks from the sawpit, a bay at a time, before nightfall. The bridge you build is the only safe place there is.
At nightfall
The bell rings and he rides
Whether you play alone or with friends. Reach the covered bridge and you are safe. Leave it open and nowhere is.
Pumpkins by the lanterns rear his horse, a friend can help you up, and old Gunpowder waits at the inn.
At the statue
Become the Horseman
Put on his costume at the statue in the square and ride as the Horseman yourself.
The films
Five nights, fifteen seconds each.
Every word spoken over them is Washington Irving’s, from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820).
Badges
Every night you survive is kept on your name.
First Night
You lived through your first night in Sleepy Hollow.
Across the Bridge
You outran the Headless Horseman to the covered bridge. He can’t cross it.
Night 5
Five nights survived in Sleepy Hollow. He rides harder every night.
Night 13
Thirteen nights survived. The Hessian still rides.
Good Neighbor
You helped 10 caught friends back to their feet.
The legend
“If I can but reach that bridge, I am safe.”
Two hundred years on, the rule of the valley has not changed. The story is in the public domain; you can read the whole of it free.
Questions
Asked before the first night
Yes. It is free to play on Roblox, and nothing is sold inside the game right now.
By day you cover the bridge, a bay at a time, with planks from the sawpit. At nightfall the bell rings and the Headless Horseman rides. Reach the covered bridge and you are safe; leave it open and nowhere is.
Yes. The Headless Horseman rides whether you play alone or with friends.
Yes. Put on his costume at the statue in the square and ride as the Horseman yourself.
Roblox labels it Maturity: Mild, with Violence (Repeated/Mild) as the descriptor. While Roblox’s evaluation period for a new experience runs, it can be joined by age-checked players 16 and up. The Parents page has the detail.
Not yet. The Sleepy Hollow Experience is built and will open on Roblox soon. When it does, this page will link straight to it.
On Roblox
The bell rings at nightfall.
Free to play. Nothing to buy right now. Alone or with friends.
Coming to RobloxWatch the films
Maturity: Mild
Violence (Repeated/Mild). Shown as Roblox shows it.
Ages 16+ for now
Roblox opens a new experience to age-checked players first. The Parents page has the detail.
5 badges
Every night you survive is kept on your name.